Improvement in children s carriages



5.1. shin.- Childrens Carriages:

Patented Dec. 22, 1874.

No. l57,977.

UNITED STATES PATENT QFFIGE.

HARRY J. SHILL, OF PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA.

IMPROVEMENT IN CHILDREN'S CARRIAGES.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 157,977, dated December 22, 1874; application filed September 12,1874.

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, HARRY J. SHILL, of the city and county of Philadelphia and State of Pennsylvania, have invented Improvements in J uvenile-Garriages, of which the following is a specification:

The invention is so fully and accurately described hereinafter that a preliminary description'is not deemed necessary.

Figure l is a perspective view, showing the carriage inclosed by an adjustable wind or rain curtain. Fig. 2 is a perspective, the weather-curtain being drawn back or bunched to show the insect net or curtain and the suspending wires or rails. Fig. 3 is a plan view of the suspending-rails.

A is the carriagetop. At Fig. 1 it is shown inclosed by the adjustable curtain B. At Fig. 2 the curtain B is" shown drawn back or bunched, exposing to view the insect-curtain D. The curtain B is adjustable on the rail 0, which is fixed to the roof of the carriage by means of open rings, snap-hooks, or other suit able suspending devices I), to entirely inclose the carriage, or to adjust the curtain at any particular place. The insect curtain or net I) is similar in its arrangement to the curtain B, being adjustable, and suspended from a rail, E, which is secured to the roof of the top A inside of the rail 0, Fig. 3. F is a lap or fall, which depends from the roof of the carriage, and covers the open space a between the tops of the curtains B D and the edge of the roof. In Fig. 1 it is shown in place, overlapping the curtains. In Fig. 2 it is shown thrown over the roof of the carriage to exhibit the rods (J E and the space a. The purpose of the lap F is to inclose that part a of the carriage which the curtains cannot reach, to keep out Wind and rain when the curtain B is used, and to or moisture.

exclude insects and dust when it is drawn back or bunched, and the curtain D is in use.

The roof, curtain B, and lap are, in this instance, made of rubber cloth, though other materials can be used. Rubber cloth possesses very superior advantages over any material used for juvenile-carriages. It is more durable and lasting. It is impervious to rain It does not crack and peel when exposed to the changes of the atmosphere. It can be scrubbed and cleaned without hardening or changing color. The insect-net D is made of gauze or other thin material capable of admitting air and light to the child, and at the same time protect it from dust, flies, mosquitoes, and other insects.

When occasion requires, either of the curtains can be drawn back or removed and only one used.

I do not confine myself to the rods 0 E for carrying and adjusting or bunching the curtains B D, but claim to use any equivalent device or devices, as, for instance, eyes, staples, rings, &c.,at the roof, to which the snap-hooks or open rings 1) of the curtains can be attached.

I claim as my invention 1. The combination, with the top of a juvenile-carriage, of a weather-curtain, B, an insect-curtain, D, and the rails 0 E, for the purpose shown and described.

2. The combination, with the top of a juvenile-carriage, of a weather-curtain, B, an insect-curtain, D, a lap or fall, F, and the rails G E, for the purpose shown and described.

In testimony whereof I hereunto sign my name in presence of two subscribing witnesses.

Witnesses: HARRY J. SHILL.

FRANCIS D. PASTORIUS, GEO. MALIN. 

